A new approach has unsettled people who have grown used to the government's heavy-handed virus intervention, and as the number of people fending for themselves at home has surged, so have the complaints
People wait in line to undergo the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a temporary testing site set up in Seoul, South Korea, February 16, 2022.
Image: REUTERS/ Heo Ran
SEOUL, South Korea — For the past two years, South Korea waged a successful battle against COVID-19 with a so-called three-T strategy: it ramped up lab “tests” to ferret out infections, it “traced” contacts using modern technology, and it “treated” patients by keeping them in quarantine, where they were monitored by the government.
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